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Texas Holdem Online
Gambling
by Jerry "Jet"
Whittaker
Nov 16, 2006
Texas Holdem online gambling
The game concept itself is pretty simple and very
popular too. Each player is dealt two cards face down it
is called pocket cards. The dealer then deals five
community cards face up like these are available to all
the players to help make their hand. Players can use any
combination of their pocket cards and the community
cards to make their hand. The best 5-card hand takes the
pot, but the game is a little more complicated than
that, and as usual the complications revolve around
money. In poker lobby, one may have noticed three
different options under the limit column. These options
represent the three different
Holdem games
that are offer like Fixed Limit, Pot Limit and No Limit.
The game type one selects will dictate the bet minimums
and maximums for that game.
Types of holdem gambling
The stakes are tied directly to the game type one
select. For a Fixed Limit game, the stakes dictate the
bet and raise amount for each round. In Fixed Limit
games each round of betting can consist of one bet and
has a maximum number of three allowable raises, known as
the cap. The blinds are mandatory bets posted by two
players at the start of each hand prior to the cards
being dealt. The player directly to the left of the
dealer posts the small blind that in a Fixed Limit game
is half the small stake rounded down to the nearest
dollar. The Button is a graphic symbol that represents
the theoretical dealer. After each hand the button moves
clockwise to the next active player who becomes the
dealer for that hand. The dealer deals each player two
cards face down. Only the player can see his or her
pocket cards. After the cards are dealt the action lies
on the player after the big blind. This player must
decide whether to call, raise or fold the big blind.
Each player in turn is given these options, until all
bets are called and the big blind checks. Now the dealer
turns over the first three community cards, called the
flop. The fourth community card is dealt and a new
betting round begins. The bet amount for Fixed Limit
games increases to the upper stake and betting continues
until all bets are called. Here the final community card
is shown and the last round of betting takes place. All
the bets have been called; it is time to show the cards.
The last player to bet or rise during the final round of
betting will show his or her hand first. The player to
the left of the dealer will show first. If during a
betting round one makes a bet and all players fold to
the person, then one has to bring the pot. One has the
option to show or muck the cards
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